The Mercernary 8:41 Thu Aug 12
Europa League thread
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Draw is apparently in Istanbul at 12 o'clock on Friday 27th August.
Finding that out has got me just a little excited! So many potentially magical trips - who do you want? Presumably Slavia Prague is right up there.
Group H
Dinamo Zagreb
Genk
West Ham
Rapid Vienna
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Vexed
8:48 Thu Aug 12
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This should be exciting. Sadly the lack of players in means it's likely to be a short lived european adventure.
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8:52 Thu Aug 12
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We have the same squad that got us within 3 points of the CL last season (with an upgraded GK).
No reason why we can’t have a go.
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fraser
9:02 Thu Aug 12
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Minus Lingard and Balbuena
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9:06 Thu Aug 12
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Lingard wants to come back: https://youtu.be/DoiTl01ITkA
Balbuena was a good backup but we’re on the verge of signing Milenkovic, making Diop and Dawson superior backups.
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Side of Ham
9:08 Thu Aug 12
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No Lingard (won us a fair few points with his winning goals)
No Haller (he scored 7 and got us 4 points from 2 of those goals)
No Balbuena.
Not the same squad is it...........
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The Mercernary
9:10 Thu Aug 12
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We're in Pot 2 or Pot 3. So far these are deffo Pot 1:
Lyon
Napoli
Bayer Leverkusen
Lazio
Any of those will do for a starter!
First group game = 16th September. We're at home to Man Utd the following Sunday.
Second group game = 30th September. We're at home to Brentford the following Sunday.
At least we're at home for both.
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9:15 Thu Aug 12
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Side of Ham 9:08 Thu Aug 12
We were doing well before Lingard came in.
Haller was fucking useless.
Balbuena was 4th choice CB.
We have a better goalkeeper going into this season so as far as I’m concerned, we have a better squad.
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Westside
9:16 Thu Aug 12
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Sadly the lack of players in means it's likely to be a short lived European adventure.
As the last Europa League group games, aren't until the second week of December, it won't be short lived. To say nothing of finishing 3rd in the group and dropping into the Europa Conference.
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Leeshere
9:18 Thu Aug 12
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Even if we finish third in the table we go into the Conference league, so unless we finish the table bottom we should have European football until February next season.
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9:20 Thu Aug 12
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So Vexed reckons we’re gonna finish bottom of the group?
What a clown.
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Side of Ham
10:07 Thu Aug 12
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⚒️ 9:15 Thu Aug 12
That doesn't fucking matter the fact is 10+ points we accumulated came directly from winning goals from BOTH those players we don't have in our squad anymore......which guess what?......doesn't make us a better squad.....
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⚒️
10:19 Thu Aug 12
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Very simplistic way of looking at it, Side.
I look more at players statistics rather than simply goals. Goals only tell half the story.
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simon.s
10:36 Thu Aug 12
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I think it would be tough with some decent investment, given our recent efforts in Europe, but with the lack of it, it could be embarrassing.
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Side of Ham
10:36 Thu Aug 12
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Goals are what get you the points though and considering BOTH those players scored goals that got us 10+ points this means you wouldn't be discussing Europa League.........your stats can't change that.
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The Mercernary
10:40 Thu Aug 12
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You can't win 1-0 without a clean sheet, Side!
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Wonderkid
10:43 Thu Aug 12
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As it Stands
Number Name Coefficient
1 Shakhtar Donetsk 79
2 Lyon 76
3 Napoli 74
4 Salzburg 59
5 Benfica 58
6 Bayer Leverkusen 57
7 Dinamo Zagreb 44.5
8 Lazio 44
9 Slavia Prague 43.5
10 Olympiacos 43
11 Monaco 36
12 Young Boys 35
13 Braga 35
14 Celtic 34
15 Eintracht Frankfurt 33
16 Red Star Belgrade 32.5
17 Leicester City 32
18 Rangers 31.25
19 Lokomotiv Moscow 31
20 Genk 30
21 Psv Eindhoven 29
22 Ludogorets 28
23 Marseille 28
24 AZ Alkmaar 21.5
25 West Ham United 20.113
26 Real Sociedad 19.571
27 Real Betis 19.571
28 Fenerbahce 19.5
29 Malmo 18.5
30 Spartak Moscow 18.5
31 Sparta Prague 17.5
32 Rapid Wien 17
33 Galatasaray 17
34 Legia Warsaw 16.5
35 CFR Cluj 16.5
36 Zorya Luhansk 15
37 Sherriff 14.5
38 Ferencvaros 13.5
39 Midtjylland 13.5
40 Royal Antwerp 10.5
41 Slovan Bratislava 7.5
42 Brondby 7
43 Alashkert 6.5
44 Sturm Graz 5.825
45 HJK 5.5
46 Randers 4.8
47 Omonia 4.75
48 Mura 3
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Wonderkid
10:44 Thu Aug 12
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Predicted
Number Name Coefficient
1 Shakhtar Donestsk 79
2 Lyon 76
3 Napoli 74
4 Bayer Leverkusen 57
5 Lazio 44
6 Slavia Prague 43.5
7 Olympiacos 43
8 Braga 35
9 Celtic 34
10 Eintracht Frankfurt 33
11 Red Star Belgrade 32.5
12 Leicester City 32
13 Rangers 31.25
14 Lokomotiv Moscow 31
15 Genk 30
16 Psv Eindhoven 29
17 Ludogorets 28
18 Marseille 28
19 West Ham United 20.113
20 Real Sociedad 19.571
21 Real Betis 19.571
22 Fenerbahce 19.5
23 Spartak Moscow 18.5
24 Sparta Prague 17.5
25 Rapid Wien 17
26 Galatasaray 17
27 Sheriff 14.5
28 Ferencvaros 13.5
29 Midtjylland 13.5
30 Royal Antwerp 10.5
31 Brondby 7
32 Sturm Graz 5.825
8 In each pot
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Wonderkid
10:50 Thu Aug 12
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Predicted
Number Name Coefficient
1 Shakhtar Donestsk 79
2 Lyon 76
3 Napoli 74
4 Bayer Leverkusen 57
5 Lazio 44
6 Slavia Prague 43.5
7 Olympiacos 43
8 Braga 35
9 Celtic 34
10 Eintracht Frankfurt 33
11 Red Star Belgrade 32.5
12 Leicester City 32
13 Rangers 31.25
14 Lokomotiv Moscow 31
15 Genk 30
16 Psv Eindhoven 29
17 Ludogorets 28
18 Marseille 28
19 West Ham United 20.113
20 Real Sociedad 19.571
21 Real Betis 19.571
22 Fenerbahce 19.5
23 Spartak Moscow 18.5
24 Sparta Prague 17.5
25 Rapid Wien 17
26 Galatasaray 17
27 Sheriff 14.5
28 Ferencvaros 13.5
29 Midtjylland 13.5
30 Royal Antwerp 10.5
31 Brondby 7
32 Sturm Graz 5.825
8 In each pot
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Wonderkid
10:51 Thu Aug 12
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Double post apologies
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Side of Ham
10:57 Thu Aug 12
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Either way Mercenary there are at least 10+ points gained from Lingard & Haller's goals even if it were a draw or we conceded....probably more... which last season means we wouldn't be in the Europa League.
Silly boy thinks we now have a better squad without them......even a shit Haller covering for an injured Antonio contributed enough to make our season a good one.
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